NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC ROWER COMES OUT
New Zealand rower Robbie Manson, who competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, has revealed that he is gay. In an article published by Outsports on Tuesday, Manson said that he had spent much of his life trying to hide the fact that he is gay. This led him to become, he said, “very quiet […]
MOZAMBIQUE GAY RIGHTS GROUP FIGHTS TO BE REGISTERED
Mozambique’s only LGBT rights organisation has been struggling for more than seven years to be registered by the country’s government. LAMBDA (Mozambican Association for the Defence of Sexual Minorities) has still not been officially recognised as an NGO, a process that normally takes a maximum of 40 days. In 2010, after its requests were ignored by […]
NIGERIAN ACTIVIST SUES STATE OVER BIRTHDAY ARREST
A well known human rights activist in Nigeria is suing the state after he was allegedly arrested and assaulted by police for no apparent or justifiable reason. Blogger Melanie Nathan reported that on 22 October, Ifeanyi Orazulike, Executive Director of International Center for Advocacy on the Rights to Health (ICARH) and a board member of […]
IS AFRICA OBSESSED WITH GAY PORN?
Contrary to many people’s expectations, African countries are among the top nations that search for gay porn online. According to Google Trends, the countries that have the most searches for the term “gay sex pics” include Kenya – right at number one! South Africa comes in at number two and is followed by Nigeria in […]